Follow up on the campaign corruption trial of John Edwards, the jury is in its 7th day of deliberation and there is still no verdict. I’m going to ask the question on everybody’s mind: what is taking so long? Edwards is charged with six felony counts relating to illegal campaign contributions. The jury went through dozens of exhibits and most of them were financial records. Edwards stands accused of using nearly $1 million in secret donations to keep his pregnant mistress out of sight during his presidential bid in 2008. The defense attorney said these money were gifts and the intention was to keep the relationship from Edwards’ wife, Elizabeth, who was diagnosed with cancer and passed away in 2010. I’m not a trial attorney like Edwards, but I’m guessing if there is a hung jury, the chance of this case being re-tried would be low. My colleague legal correspondent Mari Fagel will have more on this later. Meanwhile, share your comments about this case with us, you can send them in to our channel or find me on twitter @juliasun_onair. I’m Julia Sun for the Financial News Network. I’ll be right back.
